In an effort to support the education of Sri Lankan children, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has introduced the "Presidential Academic Scholarship Program 2024/2025".
The presidential polls will take place in October this year and incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest as a non-party candidate, UNP leader in Colombo Ravi Karunanayake said.
Personal information obtained from certain websites are being used in computer crimes, said the Computer Crime Investigation Division.
A special political cabinet meeting is to take place in addition to the weekly cabinet meeting of government ministers.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his ministers will take part in this meeting without any state officials to discuss future elections and expediting development projects.
At its first meeting, president Wickremesinghe issued instructions for the cabinet’s commitment to complete all ongoing projects by July.
The government is exploring the possibility of setting up a prison or a rehabilitation centre on the lonely Mantheevu Island off the coast of Batticaloa, a statement from the Justice, Prisons and Constitutional Reforms said.
Following on with its success with women’s rallies, the JVP now targets the youth with similar meetings at district level, its leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.
Big crowds were present at the second public rally of the New Alliance at Hyde Park in Colombo yesterday (24).
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa revealed in public for the first time that he is now the proud father of a baby girl.
The United Republic Front presented the proposal titled “A United Step for the Country” to President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday morning (24), at ‘Sirikota’, the United National Party headquarters in Colombo.
The State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC) earns up to eight-times of profit by deciding exorbitant prices for its products, a report by the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has revealed.
